Overview
- State Department officials said the security situation remains fluid and urged departures now that some international flights have resumed.
- Reports from the embassy and independent journalists describe armed militias stopping cars, checking phones, and conducting searches at roadblocks.
- All routine and emergency consular services in Venezuela are suspended, and U.S. officials say they cannot provide in-country emergency assistance.
- Commercial flight options exist but are limited and in high demand, and Americans are advised to enroll in STEP and prepare contingency plans if they remain.
- Venezuela’s foreign ministry rejected the U.S. warning as fabricated, as the directive follows last week’s U.S. operation that captured Nicolás Maduro and heightened unrest.